Educational Productivity Council Employs Management Science Methods to Improve Educational Quality

A. Bessent, W. Bessent, J. Elam and D. Long
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A. Bessent: Department of General Business, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712
W. Bessent: Department of Educational Administration, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712
J. Elam: Department of General Business, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712
D. Long: Carrollton-Farmer's Branch ISD, P. O. Box 186, Carrollton, Texas 75006

Interfaces, 1984, vol. 14, issue 6, 1-8

Abstract: In response to escalating costs, and declining test scores and enrollment in public schools, Texas has required public schools to teach minimum competence in basic skills and to operate the $8.5 billion school system more efficiently. A large-scale application of management science was employed by 25 independent public school districts, members of the Educational Productivity Council (EPC) formed in 1981. The application reports three years experience in the EPC with resulting improvements in effectiveness and efficiency.

Keywords: educational:; systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1984
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